Research
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Lifestyle interventions, particularly resistance and aerobic exercise in mid-life, can preserve muscle quality and function, potentially delaying or preventing mobility decline in old age.
Start or maintain a regular exercise routine in mid-life, including both resistance and aerobic training. This can preserve muscle quality and function, helping you maintain mobility and independence as you age. It's a key preventative strategy.
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Lifestyle changes such as the adoption of resistance exercise in mid-life can help preserve muscle mass over the following decade... Regular physical activity is a powerful stimulus to help retain or improve aerobic capacity in middle-aged adults, which in turn can help maintain muscle function and mobility into old age
Why this rating
Supported by longitudinal studies and reviews.
Source
It is not just muscle mass: a review of muscle quality, composition and metabolism during ageing as determinants of muscle function and mobility in later life
Robin A. McGregor et al. · Longevity & Healthspan · 2014
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